Police officer may direct person to submit to decontamination and quarantine for up to 48 hours
24 Police officer may direct person to submit to decontamination and quarantine for up to 48 hours
A police officer may, without a warrant, direct a person:
(a) to remain at a place for a period of not more than 48 hours and submit to a decontamination procedure at the place;
(b) to remain at a place for a period of not more than 48 hours so as to prevent the spread of a contaminant;
(c) to go to a place, remain at the place for a period of not more than 48 hours and submit to a decontamination procedure at the place; or
(d) to go to a place and remain at the place for a period of not more than 48 hours so as to prevent the spread of a contaminant,
if the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that:
a terrorist act has occurred; and
(f) the exercise of the power is necessary or desirable in the interests of public health or public safety, because the person may have come into contact with a contaminant used in, or released as a consequence of, the terrorist act.
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